Belgium vs Finland: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Belgium

15.5%

in 2024

Finland

18.0%

in 2024

Belgium rank

214th

Finland rank

212th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Belgium
Finland

How they compare

Finland currently reports 18.0% against 15.5% in Belgium, a difference of 2.5%.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.2 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 214th and Finland ranks 212th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Wealth share of the richest 1%
Unit: %
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 10,553 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of wealth owned by the richest 1% of the population. Wealth is defined as the total value of non-financial and financial assets (housing, land, deposits, bonds, equities, etc.) held by households, minus their debts.